In Cameroon, a massive health investigation is underway in Douala, where 1,500 health workers are deployed. They go door to door to try to find the infected people. Report to healthcare staff.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the commune of Gombe, in the city center of Kinshasa experienced its first day of confinement on Monday. This posh district of the capital is considered to be the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic in the country. Police checkpoints have been put in place to isolate the town from the rest of the city. And it is now impossible to travel without an exemption.

Finally, the Covid-19 pandemic forced the closure of the vast majority of schools on the continent. But that does not mean that the students are on vacation or that the teachers are not working. Several public television channels broadcast lessons to schoolchildren, to help them continue their education as best they can.

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